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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-5 Rules of interpretation.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-5" heading="Rules of interpretation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In interpreting and applying this Division I, the following rules of interpretation apply:<para num="(i)">those contained in Subtitles 2 and 3 of the City Code’s &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
      <para num="(ii)">any additional rules contained in this section.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Conflicting provisions.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Division sets minimum requirements.">In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Division I must be taken to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Most restrictive provision governs.">If any condition imposed by a provision of this Division I is either more or less restrictive than a comparable condition imposed by any other provision of this Division or by any other law, rule, or regulation of any kind, the condition that is the more restrictive governs.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Liberal interpretation.">In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Division I are to be:<para num="(1)">liberally construed in favor of proper flood hazard management and Baltimore City; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">considered as neither repealing nor limiting any powers granted by State law.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §2</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §1-3(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-188</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-208</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
